Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on local authority second-hand house acquisitions and approved housing body acquisitions in 2018 by local authority; and the amount spent on upgrading and repairing these homes. [16535/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Details of the funding provided to each local authority in 2018 in respect of social housing acquisition programmes is set out in the following table.  The figures include the funding provided for social housing acquisitions by approved housing bodies, which is provided directly to the local authorities by my Department who, in turn, advance the funding to the approved housing bodies, as appropriate. The funding details are inclusive of any necessary repair and refurbishments works carried out.

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on housing units under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP) is the funding mechanism used to deliver direct local authority Part V homes.  The Part V related expenditure under that programme in 2017 was €9.9m, with expenditure of €49.3m in 2018.  It should be noted that the delivery of homes does not always arise in the same year as expenditure being incurred and schemes delivered under phased programmes may cross a number of payment periods.  An analysis of Part V homes delivered under the SHCIP in 2017 indicates an average cost of approximately €194,500.

In addition to homes delivered directly to local authorities, Part V homes are also funded under Approved Housing Body (AHB) funding programmes, including the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS).  It is not be possible to disaggregate overall expenditure under these programmes in a particular calendar period into Part V and non-Part V elements as, for AHB-led programmes, Part V homes are frequently delivered as part of larger schemes on single contracts, and recoupments from local authorities do not disaggregate the Part V related elements.